In spite of spending many years as a therapist, often the first image that pops into my head when thinking of a mid-life crisis is a red Corvette. A desperate…
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I often help people who are struggling with feeling disconnected from themselves. They might use the phrases such as, “I just don’t feel like I can ever be me”, “I…
Extramarital affairs follow a typical pattern from their inception through to their end in either repair or divorce. Understanding the pattern and the potential pitfalls along the way…
People often spend months or years in therapy unnecessarily because they don’t know how to make the most of their experience. The wisdom on this list is common knowledge amongst…
Most couples find their way to my office at the lowest point of their relationship – often the lowest point of both of their lives. Couples counseling can be the…
There is an old joke, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.” Like the saying suggests, repeating things helps us master them. Humans like to gain mastery…
It is normal to feel nervous when you are thinking of starting therapy. Our impression of what happens in a therapy office often comes from what we see in movies…
The Orange County Registers recently wrote an article featuring me.
Trust is the overall feeling of security we have in a relationship. In this article I describe how some people sabotage relationships due to their difficulty trusting. Living in Fear…
Mark Pines MA LMFT
